Open Call Event :: Bring your portfolio and garments from your collection.  This is your opportunity to show your work during Fashion Week Cleveland!

Chisholm Halle Costume Wing :: Hannah Library :: 10825 East Boulevard :: University Circle

Latino Designer and Model Call Fundraising Party

Fundraising Party :: Complimentary Latin Appetizers :: Latin DJ :: Dancing
Dress is Fashion-forward :: $10 Admission

Open Event :: Designers bring sample garments and your portfolio

Saturday, May 15 :: La Strada :: 9:00 pm - 2:00 am
Designer and Model :: Meet & Greet Party
Hosted by Smile Art Center

Mix and mingle with models and designers who will bring fashion week to Cleveland!  A special VIP sneak preview of the sights and sounds of Fashion Week Cleveland.  Enjoy stylish hor d'oeuvres and a complimentary "Fashion Passion" martini, and get into the fashionista experience...  informal modeling, prizes, and the most stylish of guests will come together for a gorgeous and delicious evening.  A chance to win tickets to Fashion Week Cleveland's The Cleveland Fashion Show - black tie gala.

Complimentary Appetizers :: One Complimentary Cocktail :: Cash Bar :: Music by DJs Impure & GO
Dress is Fashion-forward :: $10 Admission

La Strada :: 2050 E. 4th Street :: Fourth Street Entertainment District

Fashion Week Cleveland, which has been called "the nation's third largest fashion week after New York and Los Angeles," (Womens' Wear Daily) combines art, fashion, and music.  We spend a great deal of time searching for talented designers who compliment our "stylish"events.  Would you like to show your designs during Fashion Week Cleveland?  For more information about designer jury and selection process, please contact:

Erin Dodson :: Administrative Services Coordinator
edodson (AT) fashionweekcleveland.com

Fashion Week Cleveland 2009 Designers

May 1 :: unclothed: A Mixed Media Runway Event

Artists

Congduy Luong - Marshall High School

Virgina feat. Angela - Cleveland State University

Hannah Vaughan - Oberlin College

Vincent Quevedo

Kezia Pearson

Marquita Brown

Tracy Kiefer

Paul Sadler

May 8 :: The Cleveland Fashion Show

I. Collegiate Designers

Lindsey Mannilla – University of Cincinnati

Nathanael Porembka – University of Cincinnati

Emily Stockwell – Columbus College of Art and Design

Shannon Morse – Columbus College of Art and Design

Megan Rowley – Kent State University

Natalie Pandewicz – Kent State University

Anthony Sprago - Kent State University

Jason Tam - Ursuline College

Amber Banks - Ursuline College

II. American Designers

Jodey Gay Duhaney - Duhaney

Vincent Quevedo - Vinci

Valerie Mayen - Yellow Cake Shop

Susan Kessler-Simpson

Vincent Quevedo - wedding dress finale

 

Designer Tad Boetcher of "Bill by Bill Blass" and "tad b".

 

  Special thank you to Smile Art Center,
  provider of general dentistry and cosmetic services,
  for their continued support of Fashion Week Cleveland's art and design students.